Highest-paying Cities for Grinding and Polishing Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for grinding and polishing workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of grinding and polishing workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $55,320, Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont is the highest paying city for grinding and polishing workers. It is followed by Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut (average annual salary $49,780). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of grinding and polishing workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Grinding and Polishing Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$55,320	$27,390	40
2	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,780	$35,620	60
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,080	$31,730	100
4	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,450	$31,580	50
5	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,440	$37,460	50
6	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$47,350	$37,560	50
7	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$47,280	$36,820	110
8	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,510	$40,600	90
9	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$46,320	$35,790	120
10	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$45,210	$37,760	n/a
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,460	$37,890	230
12	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$43,670	$39,540	290
13	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$43,150	$29,840	80
14	St Cloud, Minnesota	$42,310	$25,830	40
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$41,550	$33,530	670
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$41,420	$38,340	150
17	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$41,330	$27,680	60
18	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$41,220	$25,030	130
19	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$41,070	$25,930	n/a
20	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$40,770	$22,680	110
21	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$40,730	$30,250	150
22	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$40,200	$31,860	350
23	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$40,030	$26,990	50
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,980	$36,500	70
25	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$39,880	$30,670	250
26	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,850	$23,320	50
27	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,590	$31,410	340
28	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,360	$30,410	50
29	Springfield, Missouri	$39,330	$21,750	100
30	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,290	$32,830	250
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,220	$26,350	260
32	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$39,000	$27,480	60
33	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$38,530	$24,570	50
34	Columbus, Ohio	$38,470	$29,980	70
35	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$38,440	$28,060	70
36	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$38,390	$21,700	160
37	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,150	$28,110	30
38	Toledo, Ohio	$38,120	$28,540	30
39	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,110	$31,570	80
40	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$38,070	$29,460	160
41	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$38,060	$30,000	150
42	Fargo, North Dakota	$38,060	$30,000	50
43	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,900	$34,320	70
44	Reading, Pennsylvania	$37,820	$25,700	50
45	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$37,710	$29,820	60
46	Dayton, Ohio	$37,700	$28,750	40
47	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$37,620	$26,500	70
48	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,570	$28,970	40
49	Madison, Wisconsin	$37,550	$31,990	100
50	Corpus Christi, Texas	$37,530	$21,630	40
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,470	$34,790	40
52	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,430	$32,610	100
53	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$37,420	$28,900	220
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,290	$31,730	1,360
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,230	$31,730	190
56	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$37,210	$33,710	40
57	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$37,180	$29,840	50
58	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$37,120	$29,750	40
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$37,120	$20,740	60
60	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$37,120	$24,110	40
61	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,110	$23,490	60
62	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$37,110	$29,650	70
63	Syracuse, New York	$37,020	$29,000	30
64	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$36,990	$23,580	50
65	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,900	$32,470	30
66	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$36,850	$30,490	70
67	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$36,630	$34,570	70
68	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$36,420	$29,990	40
69	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$36,390	$29,450	30
70	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,370	$30,220	120
71	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$36,360	$25,740	60
72	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,330	$27,550	60
73	Rochester, New York	$36,270	$29,760	30
74	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,040	$31,730	90
75	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,910	$31,200	290
76	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$35,850	$25,230	290
77	Lynchburg, Virginia	$35,640	$20,110	n/a
78	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$35,630	$26,430	90
79	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$35,610	$27,510	250
80	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$35,580	$25,340	110
81	Port St Lucie, Florida	$35,490	$28,860	40
82	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$35,360	$30,430	100
83	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$35,280	$23,190	50
84	Memphis, Tennessee	$35,220	$30,150	40
85	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$35,110	$24,390	130
86	Valdosta, Georgia	$35,100	$28,170	40
87	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$35,100	$27,700	30
88	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$34,980	$23,770	170
89	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$34,940	$31,430	120
90	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$34,790	$23,200	100
91	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$34,740	$24,850	60
92	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$34,670	$31,160	50
93	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$34,610	$26,480	30
94	Fresno, California	$34,580	$28,610	30
95	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$34,570	$31,110	40
96	Stockton, California	$34,560	$32,930	70
97	Elmira, New York	$34,560	$25,770	100
98	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$34,470	$22,620	60
99	Odessa, Texas	$34,350	$27,100	50
100	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$34,310	$24,450	120

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for grinding and polishing workers.